Calomela

Paropsine Leaf Beetle
Calomela curtisi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
Genus: Calomela
Hope, (1840)
Species
  • Calomela acaciae
  • Calomela bartoni
  • Calomela crassicornis
  • Calomela curtisi
  • Calomela ioptera
  • Calomela pallida


Calomela is a genus of beetles commonly called leaf beetles and in the family Chrysomelidae. They are specialist feeders on various species of Acacia and are not reported as a problem species. The beetles are cylindrical when compared with other leaf beetles and their larvae are globose. [1] Calomela include about 45 species [2] and are found in all states of Australia [3]

Calomela satelles

References

  1. ↑ https://sites.google.com/site/calomelagallery/calomela-parilis
  2. ↑ http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Calomela/statistics
  3. ↑ http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a82e9998-7ab2-4fad-8e7a-9e509fef374c#
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